As stated above, bribery is a kind of Quid Pro Quo. A Linguist’s Guide to Quid Pro Quo. ... define it as a quid pro quo … Quid pro quo defenses suggest that “wink and nod understandings” are fair game in the rough and tumble of politics so long as no one crosses the thin red line. Was the President’s quid pro quo an act of patriotism, or was it the behavior of a scoundrel. If Donald Trump was a scoundrel, does the offense rise to the level of “high crimes and misdemeanors”?
Gordon C. Stewart, Chaska, MN, November 11, 2019. “Whistleblower story, like [Brett] Kavanaugh story, is blowing up. The quid pro quo from the top p. 3 moves immediately to Trump’s next point, at the bottom of p. 3/top of page 4: Zelensky should work with Giuliani and AG Barr “to find out about” “Biden’s son” & “Biden.” ... Key reminder: “High crimes and misdemeanors” for impeachment ARE NOT limited to felonies.
To date, six officials have said there was some kind of quid pro quo there. Leaked phone calls between Joe Biden and former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko explicitly detail the quid-pro-quo arrangement to fire former Ukrainian Prosecutor General Victor Shokin – who Poroshenko admits did nothing wrong – in exchange for $1 billion in US loan guarantees (which Biden openly bragged about in January, 2018). Of course that will not stop the US House under the Democrats from their insanity.
Now no mention of money or quid pro quo. Calling it Quid Pro Quo from the start wasn’t wrong, but it also wasn’t as accurate as it ought to have been. ... treason, or other high crimes and misdemeanors.” ... “There was no quid pro quo,” he has insisted. Trump's Ukraine call mentioning Biden is the strongest reason yet for impeachment. Quid Pro Quo – Quid pro quo harassment is a specific form of sexual harassment that occurs when an employee’s working conditions are impacted by his or her willingness to engage in sexual activity with a co-worker – usually a supervisor. The impeachment of President Donald Trump has focused on evidence of a quid pro quo over his request for investigations into political rivals. It is a quid pro quo verging on bribery and they know it. The quid pro quo from the top p. 3 moves immediately to Trump’s next point, at the bottom of p. 3/top of page 4: Zelensky should work with Giuliani and AG Barr “to find out about” “Biden’s son” & “Biden.” ... Key reminder: “High crimes and misdemeanors” for impeachment ARE NOT limited to felonies. No! Quid Pro Quo and High Crimes and Misdemeanors One has to wonder why the latest potentially huge scandal to involve the Obama White House was released to the press on Friday before a three-day holiday weekend when most people were not paying as great attention to the news cycle prior to leaving for their Memorial Day festivities. ... a debate about what constitutes “high Crimes and Misdemeanors” may be … The meaning of “high crimes and misdemeanors” in the U. The meaning of “high crimes and misdemeanors” in the U. “No quid pro quo – there was nothing,” Trump told reporters on the South Lawn of the White House Sunday morning, adding, “It was a perfect conversation.” Giuliani on Saturday provided a similar line of defense. ... and the broader category of high crimes and misdemeanors. High Crimes and Misdemeanors: The Iran-Contra Scandal. Pelosi was about to put them on the spot: This is bribery, son. Democrats are speeding toward the impeachment of President Donald J. Trump with this standard barely a pebble in their path. The Constitution is quite clear: The president "shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors." A quid pro quo is perfectly legally in voluminous situations, as I’ve been saying for months on TV news shows…Specifically reviewing the Trump and Biden matters again, the following explains how each of these matters are crimes – and how they are not crimes: ... it is neither a high crime or misdemeanor; and (2) more so, it is hoax. The Democrats in the impeachment hearings focused much of their time on what they called a quid pro quo by the President of the United States. Several Democrats have stopped using the term “quid pro quo,” instead describing “bribery” as a more direct summation of Trump’s alleged conduct. ... treason, or other high crimes and misdemeanors.” ... “There was no quid pro quo,” he has insisted. Quid-Pro-Quo for Morons By WILLIAM MAYER November 12, 2019 - San Francisco, CA - PipeLineNews.org - Over the last week or two the news media has in lockstep manner pushed the idea that President Trump is guilty of high crimes and misdemeanors because of a “quid pro quo” deal he struck with the new president of Ukraine.
... No more hiding by the GOP behind the vagueness of the term “high crimes and misdemeanors”!